Crib attachment for beds.



v G. T SPEAK. CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'April 20, 1909.

Application filed January 25, 1908. Serial No. 412,617.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakeland, in the county of Polk and State of Florida, have invented certain new and use-' ful Improvements in Crib Attachments for Beds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 1 a

My invention relates to improvements in crib attachments for bedsteads and it consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand claimed. 7

One object of the invention is to provide a baby bed or crib support of simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive construction which is revolubly mounted so that the crib may be swung inwardly across the bed or outwardly along side of or away from the same.

Another object of the invention isto provide a device of this character in which the crib support may be quickly and easily detached from the. bed without loosening any screws or other fastenings.

A further object of theinvention isto provide a device of this character in which the parts may be adjusted for application to eds of different size and also adjusted for beds of different width and height. V

The above and other objects of the invention are attained in its preferred embodiment illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a bed showing my improved crib attachment applied thereto, the crib being shown arranged over the bed in full lines and swung out along side of the same indotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the attachment and the side rails of the bed; Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of the crib support and the upper end of its revolving standard; Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional views taken respectively on the planes indicated by the lines 44 and 55 in Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a detail section showing the clamping screw for fastening oneof the legs of the crib; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the bed rail engaging clamps; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the crib showing its supporting legs lowered. 1 g

In the drawings B denotes a bed having side rails R and 1 denotesmy improved crib attachment which consistsof a baby bed or crib body 2, a support 3. for the same, a

revoluble standard 4 on which the crib support is vertically adjustable and a bearing or support 5 in which the standard is mounted for rotation and which is adapted for attache ment to the side rails of a bed of any form and construction. i The detachable support 5 is in the form 0 a step or socket bearing 6 provided upon one end of acrossbar 7 ada ted to be passed transversely across the ed beneath the rails R and to be secured thereto by clamps 8. Said cross bar is preferably composed of two or more sections hinged together as at 9 or otherwise jointed so that the standard can be folded when removed from the bed. Said cross bar is ofgreater length than the width of the bed and when the clamps 8 are loosened may be slid longitudinal y to dispose the socket bearing 6 at a greater .or

less distance from one of the bed rails R.

The clamps 8 are similar and each consists.

of two similar members 10 to engage theopposite sides of the bed rail and formed in their lower ends with openings 11 to receive the cross bar 7. The upper ends of the clamp members are reduced and curved to provide crossed arms 12 each having a longitudinal series of apertures 13 to receive. a fastening bolt or the like 14. 1 By constructing and uniting the arms 12 in this manner it will be seen that theclamp may beapplied to a bed rail of any width and thickness. 7

The standard 4 has its lower end formed with a reduced pivot portion 15 at the upper end of which is an annular flange or collar 16. The parts 15, 16 are adapted to lit and rotate freely in the similar shaped socket formed in the bearing 6, which latter has a tubular lower portion 17 and an enlarged or flared upper portion 18. This construction allows the standard and the parts which it carries to be readily removed from the bearing without the necessity of loosening any screws, bolts, Or other fastenings, when the crib is not needed, the bearing 6, the cross bar'7 and the clamps 8 remaining upon the bed. For the purpose of holding the standard station.- ary to retain the crib in an adjusted position I preferably provide in the tubular portion 17 of the bearing a set screw 19 which impinges against the pivot 15. The upper end of the standard is formed with a reducedportion 20 having one or more flat faces andon which the crib support 3 is vertically adjusts able. In the upper portion of the standard,

adjacent to its reduced end 20, is a longitudinal roove 21 the urnose of which will oresb 7 l .L

ently appear.

The crib support 3 comprises head 22 from which project right angular supportii'ig arms 23 having parallel outer portions on which the crib-body 2 is removably supported. The head 22 is formed with a vertical opening to slidably receive the upper end20 of the standard and a set screw 24; arranged in said head for holding it in an adjusted position. This adjustment enables the crib to be disuosed in different horizontal planes according to the thickness of the bed and its covering. The crib supporting arms 23 are reinforced, adjacent to their inner ends, by angular braces 25, the lower ends of which are united to provide a tongue 26 which enters the groove 21 in the s 'andard. and which slides therein when the support 3 is adjusted.

The crib body 2 may be of any suitable form and construction and it is preferably tend across the rails of the bed and provided I at one end with a bearing, a crib su ')porting These legs are rotatably mounted upon the removably mounted upon the arms 23 and provided with foldable supporting legs 27.

ends of the crib so that they may fold up under the bottom of the same and they are adapted to be held in either their lowered position shown in Fig. 8 or their elevated or folded position shown in Fig. 2 by set screws 28 or any other suitable fastening devices. The crib is removably mounted upon the arms 23 by providing upon the sides of t: crib longitudinally alined socket members or sleeves 29 through which the arms 23 are passed. Set screws 30 are provided in one or more of said socket members 29 for the purpose of retaining the crib in an adjusted position upon said arms. The sides 31 of the crib are pivoted at their lower corners as shown at 32 so that they can be swung downwardly when desired. Suitable catches 33 are provided for holding the sides in their upright or closed position.

The construction, use and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings; and it will be noted that owing to the various adjustments the attachment may be applied to a bed of almost any form and construction and easily manipulated. By mounting the standard for rotation the crib may be readily swung inwardly over the bed within convenient reach of an occupant of the same, shown in full lines in Fig. 1, or outwardly along side of the bed as indicated in dotted lines. By constructing the pivot of the standard as set forth and arranging it in the bearing socket for ready removal, the crib and its attached support and standard may be quickly taken off of the bed when the crib isnot needed, without the necessity of moving the bearing support 5.

fhile i have shown and described in de- 316 jn'eferred embodiment of my ini n'ish it understood that i do not to the precise construction set va iou changes in the form, .1 minor details may be re- 1 with ut departing from the spirit any of the advantages of the.

"non of a i. iar to exl a bed and provided .I aring. a. crib supporting .ij, ,,,,.1' WC] \u 1 rooms module; in sun [on mg and clamps: pach consisting of opposing membc f *o rccene bed rail between them and ha ing apertures to receive the. (Toss iii. and crossed arms formed with apertures adapted to ahne with each other, and a transverse fastening passed through the aimed anert u res.

The combination of a cross bar to exone end with )e standard revolubly mounted in said bearing, said cross bar being composed of toldblv connected sections and clamping de- 5 vices for securing the sections of the cross bar to the bed rails.

53. The combination of a bearing for attachment to a Bed or the like, a standard rerolubly mounted in said )earing and baring a that faced upper end and a groove, a crib support having a head apcrtured to slidably receive the that faced upper end of the standard and spaced crib supporting arms, braces for said arms luaving their inner ends united and slidable in the groove in the standard and m ans for retaining the. head in an adjusted position upon the standar The combination of a socket bearing for attztchment to a bed or the like and having the tubular portion 17 and the enlarged entire-silly ilared. upper port ion 18, a supporting standard having at its lower end the pivot portion 15 and the annular regular projecting flange 16, said pivot portion and i ange being mounted for rotation in said socket bearing and readily removable therefrom, and means for preventing the rotation of said standard.

5. The combination of a bearing for attachment to a bed, a standard revolubly mounted in said bearing, and having a re duced upper end formed with a hat face and also hzwing a longitudinal groove, a crib support having a head apertured to slidably receive the reduced upper end of the standard and spaced rib supporting arms, braces for said arms having their inner ends united and. .lidable in the groove in the standard, and a set screw for securing the head in an adjusted position.

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6. The combination of a sectional cross bar adapted to engage the rails of abed, clamps for uniting the sections of the cross bar to the rails of a bed, a socket bearing upon one end of the cross bar, a standard revolubly and removably mounted in said socket bearing, means for preventing the rotation of said standard, a crib support vertically adjustable upon the upper portion of said standard and a crib longitudinally adjustable upon said support,

7. The combinationof a cross bar to extend across the rails of a bed and composed of two hingedly connected sections, adjustable clarnping devices removably arranged upon the sections of the cross bar and adapted to engage the bed rails, a socketbearing at one end of the cross bar and having a tubular lower portion and an outwardly flared upper portion, a standard having at its lower end a pivot and an annular flange,

I said pivot and flange being rotatably mounted in the socket bearing and readily removable therefrom, a set screw in the socket bearing for holding the standard against rotation, a crib support vertically slidable upon the upper portion of the standard and having spaced crib supporting arms, a set screw for retaining the crib support in an adjusted position, a crib provided upon its bottom with tubular sockets to slidably receive the spaced arms of the crib support and set screws in the last men- 'tioned sockets forholding the crib in an adjusted position upon said arms, substanl tially as described. l In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. t GEORGE T. SPEAR.

Witnesses: i V

J. L. ROQUEMORE, l, R. G. THORP. 

